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S. C. KINDIG. TOY.

No. 591.848; Patented 65a. 19,1897.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT smear SAMUEL C. KINDIG, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF. ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. PRICE, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersratent No. 591,848, dated October 19, 1897.

v Application iilcd December 10, 1896- Serial lie. 815,123. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. KINDIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented an Improvement in Toys, of which the fo1lowing is a specification. v

My invention relates to a new and amusing toy, which consists of an explosive-chamber, a stopper therefor, and a parachute carried to by the stopper, and means provided for the insertion of the explosion of a firc-cracker within the chamber, so as to propel the stopper and parachute carried thereby to a considerable height, after which the parachute will open upon the first tendency of the stop per to descend, causing it to float in the air andonly descend by gradual stages, if there be no considerable current of air, while if such a current exists at the time the parachute will be buoyed upward, and when said current has an upward tendency, as is sometimes the case, the parachute will rise to such a height as to pass out of sight.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a toy made in accordaiice with my improvement, showing the same assembled ready for a discharge; Fig. 2, a similar view after the discharge has taken place and the parachute has been projected upward; and

Fig. 3, a section of the stopper and explosivechamber, showing one arrangement of the parachute in connection therewith.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I provide a tube A, which has a flange B, formed therewith or secured thereto, and this tube and flange may be of any suitable material, such as wood or any metal, and in the tube is formed a hole 0 of sufficient size to pass the fuse of a fire-cracker or other explosive therothrough, the flange serving. to hold the tube in its proper upright position when in use.

A stopper D, preferably of wood, is arranged to fit the upper end of the tube and has a flared recessed head E, into which fits the ends of the parachute F when the latter is folded, as shown in. Figs. 1 and 3, and the construction which I prefer for this parachute 5c is thatdt shall be composed of light ribs having a suitable covering of paper or like material, and these ribs have secured thereto at their outer ends light cords 01' threads G, which latter are attached to the head of the stopper, so that when the parachute isfolded the cords will lie within the recess in said head, and yet when the. stopper and parachute have been projected upward and the force of this projection has been spent the stopper will move downward relative to the parachute and free the ends of the cords there-of, so that said parachute may expand and perform its function.

The manner of using the device is to insert a fire-cracker or other explosive II within the tube, the end thereof being placcddownward and the fuse I passed through the hole (3, so that it may be ignited for the purpose of exploding the tire-cracker or other explosive, after which the stopper is placed in the upper end'ot the tube and the fuse ignited, which will in time explode the fire-cracker or other explosive and cause the stopper and parachute to be projected to a considerable height, from which it will usually gradually descend, 75. after the manner of a full-size p rachute thus giving a realistic representation of the operations of such a device. I

I do not wish to be limited to the exact form of parachute, as this may be varied and the construction thereof altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

It is also obvious that a spring might be utilized for the projection of the stopper and parachute, it only being necessary that'a' suitable trigger be provided for retaining the spring in its compressed condition and permitting its being tripped.

The cost of manufacture of a toy made in accordance with my improvement is exceedingly small, sincethe tube and-flange may be cast or made? in a single piece, requiring no hand laborfor finishing, and the stopper may be made of a single piece of wood or papier :nirch, yet an endless amount of 5 amusement willbe afforded to young persons in the manipulation of the device as well as instruction as to the buoyancy and general action of the air upon floating bodies.

. Having thus fully described 'my invention,

what I claim isi 1. A toy consisting of an explosive-chain her, a stopper therefor having a recess, and

to be folded to form an arrow-head with ends and strings contained in the recess, as and for the purpose described.

2. A toy, consisting of a tube, a flange form ed with said tube, said tubehaving a hole; formed therein for the passageof a fire-crackeror other explosive fuse, a stopper fitted to the upper end of the tube,'a head formed with said stopper having a recess therein, and a parachute so attached to said head. as to permit the folding of its ends, and cords within the recess, as specified.

'3. In a toy, the combination of thetube having a hole formed therein for the passage of the fuse of a fire-cracker or other explosive, a flange formed-with the lower end thereof, a stopper fitted .to the upper end of the tube, a head formed with said stopper, said head having a recess therein, and a parachute attacked to saidfstopper by a series of cords I whereby when the stopper is projected upward the parachute will act as an arrow-head,

but when the stopper commences its descent the parachute will be spread, as specified.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v mm v SAMUEL C. KINDIG. Witnesses:

'lHo's. KELL BRADFORD,

SAML. D. BRADFORD. 

